فَلَمَّا
فَصَلَ
طَالُوتُ
بِٱلْجُنُودِ
قَالَ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
مُبْتَلِيكُم
بِنَهَرٍۢ
فَمَن
شَرِبَ
مِنْهُ
فَلَيْسَ
مِنِّى
وَمَن
لَّمْ
يَطْعَمْهُ
فَإِنَّهُۥ
مِنِّىٓ
إِلَّا
مَنِ
ٱغْتَرَفَ
غُرْفَةًۢ
بِيَدِهِۦ ۚ
فَشَرِبُوا۟
مِنْهُ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلًۭا
مِّنْهُمْ ۚ
فَلَمَّا
جَاوَزَهُۥ
هُوَ
وَٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُوا۟
مَعَهُۥ
قَالُوا۟
لَا
طَاقَةَ
لَنَا
ٱلْيَوْمَ
بِجَالُوتَ
وَجُنُودِهِۦ ۚ
قَالَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَظُنُّونَ
أَنَّهُم
مُّلَـٰقُوا۟
ٱللَّهِ
كَم
مِّن
فِئَةٍۢ
قَلِيلَةٍ
غَلَبَتْ
فِئَةًۭ
كَثِيرَةًۢ
بِإِذْنِ
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
مَعَ
ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ
٢٤٩
When Talut set out with his forces, he said to them, ‘God will test you with a river. Anyone who drinks from it will not belong with me, but anyone who refrains from tasting it will belong with me; if he scoops up just one handful [he will be excused].’ But they all drank [deep] from it, except for a few. When he crossed it with those who had kept faith, they said, ‘We have no strength today against Goliath and his warriors.’ But those who knew that they were going to meet their Lord said, ‘How often a small force has defeated a large army with God’s permission! God is with those who are steadfast.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem